Sentence examples for threatening ball from inspiring English sources

They were also more likely to keep their eye on a threatening ball and sway out of the way at the last moment, as the coaching manual demands.

Silke Rottenberg, the assured German goalkeeper, kept sprinting off the goal line with great timing and diving on threatening balls or snatching crossing passes lobbed into the penalty area, asphyxiating one threat after another in the often-frenetic match.

The Eagles began to increase their hold on possession, with Seydou Keita delivering several threatening balls in the box, but his team-mates were unable to get on the end of them.

Those that remained legal left Stosur and the packed stadium gasping, the many that strayed threatened ball-kids and line judges and spectators.

His ability to pick out a threatening through ball from deep or find space on the edge of the box will be vital to any success Bayern hope to find.

Steffan Jones pulled back a second penalty on the half hour, but with the visitors continuing to threaten with ball in hand, teenage centre Jack Dixon was yellow carded for killing the ball.

Munster were first to threaten with ball in hand, Cronin getting involved twice on his first senior start before Johne Murphy almost put man-of-the-match Ian Keatley over to the right of the posts.

The French side could have taken the lead but Ireland 10 Sexton missed an early penalty and the rest of the half was all about Quins, with Luke Wallace and hooker Dave Ward winning turnovers to halt Racing on the rare occasions they threatened with ball in hand.

With five slips in place and Broad threatening with every ball, Kane Williamson - whose 60 off 167 balls had anchored New Zealand's first innings - had an uncharacteristic rush of blood and drove loosely to Finn at short extra-cover.

There was no attempt at deception, no cluster of players standing around the ball threatening trickery.

The game became a reversal of stereotypes, England threatening with the ball in hand and France staying in touch with penalties.